Blue-leaved mallee
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| Eucalyptus polybractea R. Baker |
The Blue mallee, or Blue-leaved mallee (Eucalyptus polybractea) is a small multi-trunked sclerophyll tree that grows naturally in western New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. The bark is smooth, and fibrous near the trunk base. Leaves are disjunct and linear to narrow-lanceolate. Juvenile leaves are glaucous, and adult leaves grey-green. Flowers are followed by woody capsules 3-6 mm long.
[edit] Essential Oil
E. polybractea is the major species used to produce high grade cineole-rich (up to 91% 1,8-cineole) Eucalyptus oil, yielding 0.7-5% fresh weight. The oil is primarily used medicinally and for flavoring.
[edit] References
- Boland, D.J. et al, Eucalyptus Leaf Oils - Use, Chemistry, Distillation and Marketing, ISBN 0909605696.
- Harden, G.J., Flora of New South Wales, Volume 2, ISBN 0868401641.
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